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    Invasion by K.F. Breene

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 33 ratings
    The Hunter was not trained to admit defeat.With the title of Chosen secured, Shanti and Cayan must look to the next steps in ripping back their freedom from the most deadly tyrant in the land. Unfortunately, they aren't the only ones with an agenda.Without mental power to defend themselves, the Westwood Lands are trapped within their own walls...
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    BloodLust by Auryn Hadley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It’s a treacherous road to belonging—and once you find it, you could lose everything.In an exotic world caught in the throes of a seemingly endless war, a nation of terrorists under the thumb of an evil Emperor has set out to systematically destroy every race but their own. And they’re just about to succeed...
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    aliens  alpha-mc  assassins  dark  epic  female-mc  harem  magic
  • Wayfarer's Keep by T.A. White

    Wayfarer's Keep by T.A. White

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Branded a traitor by her people, Shea and her warlord—the fiercely dangerous Fallon—travel to the Pathfinders’ seat of power at her father’s request, hoping to form an alliance despite the distrust between them. It doesn’t take long before Shea and Fallon realize something is dangerously wrong in the place she once called home...
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    alpha-mc  dark  epic  female-mc  magic  paranormal  steamy  war
  • Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind

    Stone of Tears by Terry Goodkind

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 67 ratings
    In Wizard's First Rule, Richard Cypher's world was turned upside down. Once a simple woods guide, Richard was forced to become the Seeker of Truth, to save the world from the vile dominance of Darken Rahl, the most viciously savage and powerful wizard the world had ever seen...
  • Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind

    Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Everything Richard Rahl has learned will be for naught as the ruthless Emperor Jagang returns with his vast legions...heralded by a mystical plague that kills innocents in the thousands.Richard must now challenge the undefeatable: the magic that thwarts magic, sealed away for three thousand years in the Temple of Winds...
  • The Caller by Juliet Marillier

    The Caller by Juliet Marillier

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    Neryn has made a long journey to perfect her skills as a Caller. She has learned the wisdom of water and of earth; she has journeyed to the remote isles of the west and the forbidding mountains of the north. Now, Neryn must travel in Alban's freezing winter to seek the mysterious White Lady, Guardian of Air...
  • In Despair by Megan Derr

    In Despair by Megan Derr

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Prince Telmé Guldbrandsen has been groomed since childhood to become a Prince of the Blood and Commander of the Legion. He will be the youngest person to ever take the Blooding—if he can behave long enough to prove he can be trusted with the responsibility...
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    dark  epic  magic  paranormal  war  abuse  action-adventure  angst
  • Blood of the Fold by Terry Goodkind

    Blood of the Fold by Terry Goodkind

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 59 ratings
    There is an alternate cover edition here.Richard comes to terms with his true identity as a War Wizard. The New World, and all the freedom of humankind, is under threat from the Imperial Order after he had brought down the barrier between the Old and New World. The Imperial Order has already sent delegations and armies into the New World...
  • Heart of Ice by K.M. Shea

    Heart of Ice by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    Rakel, a princess by birth, has spent most of her life exiled on a barren mountain, despised because of her powerful snow magic. Though she longs to be accepted, she hides in her ice-castle and lives with the fear that her brother—the King—will one day order her execution...
  • Soul of the Fire by Terry Goodkind

    Soul of the Fire by Terry Goodkind

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    Richard Rahl has traveled far from his roots as a simple woods guide. Emperor of the D'Haran Empire, war wizard, the Seeker of Truth—none of these roles mean as much to him as his newest: husband to his beloved Kahlan Amnell, Mother Confessor of the Midlands.But their wedding is the key that unlocks a spell sealed away long ago in a faraway country...
  • Ignite by Sara B. Larson

    Ignite by Sara B. Larson

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Murder, abductions, and forbidden romance abound in this thrilling sequel to Sara B. Larson's acclaimed YA debut, DEFY.Alexa remains by the newly crowned King Damian’s side as his guard, ever committed to helping him rebuild Antion and reclaim the hope of Antion's people, despite continuing to harbor a secret love for him...
  • Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken

    Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    The day the rains came was like any other, blistering air coating the canyon in a heavy stillness....Just as the rains come after ten long, dry years, a young wizard, Wayland North, appears, to whisk Sydelle Mirabil away from her desert village. North needs an assistant, and Sydelle is eager to see the country - and to join him on his quest to stop the war that surely will destroy her home...
  • No Man Can Tame by Miranda Honfleur

    No Man Can Tame by Miranda Honfleur

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    A human princess. A dark-elf prince. A kiss of fire and powder.After a failed courtship in an ally kingdom, twenty-one-year-old Princess Alessandra returns home to a land torn apart by mutual hatred between the humans and the dark-elves...
  • Wings by J.C. Owens

    Wings by J.C. Owens

    Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Genre: LGBT FantasyAnyar, a black-winged young guard, could only be accused of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He captures the attention of a commanding, beautiful white-winged prince of the enemy, Vanyae, and is swept away into the conflict between their peoples.Vanyae takes the incredible, black-winged beauty from his home and all he knows to a place of submission, of slavery...
  • The Impostor Queen by Sarah Fine

    The Impostor Queen by Sarah Fine

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Sixteen-year-old Elli was only a child when the Elders of Kupari chose her to succeed the Valtia, the queen who wields infinitely powerful ice and fire magic in service of her people...
  • Saga, Volume 8 by Brian K. Vaughan

    Saga, Volume 8 by Brian K. Vaughan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 43 ratings
    After the traumatic events of the War for Phang, Hazel, her parents, and their surviving companions embark on a life-changing adventure at the westernmost edge of the universe.Collects: Saga #43-48...
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